KYNETON BOTANICAL GARDENS
Cnr Mollison & Clowes Street, Kyneton
One of the finest botanic gardens in Victoria's goldfields dating back to 1858. Magnificent specimen trees with 17 listed by the National Trust, garden beds, lawns & picnic areas in the curve of the Campaspe River. Now includes Kyneton Community Park – a world class play and recreational space within the heart of Kyneton's Botanic Gardens. Self-guided tours.
MALMSBURY BOTANIC GARDENS
Calder Highway, Malmsbury
On the banks of the Coliban River, featuring heritage gardens, mature trees, ornamental lake, and fountain. View the magnificent 1860 Malmsbury Viaduct.
ROSEBERY HILL
156 Pipers Creek Pastoria Rd, Pipers Creek
A long driveway lined with red oaks and naturalized daffodils. About 10 acres of trees and shrubs have been planted in the last 40 years. Some century old cedars and oaks including a magnificent cork oak. A conifer collection includes unusual Abies and Picea, avenues of dwarf Alberta Spruce, Roman Cyprus, and a topiary section.
About 80 rare and unusual Quercus species.
Recommend sturdy footwear. Friendly dogs welcome.
Open daily 9am-5pm Sept 5 to 15.
Gold Coin Donation – Proceeds to Kyneton Daffodil & Art Festival
PH: 03 5423 5253 Barry & Ruth Murphy
ROSEBANK
118 Deeplead Lane, Kyneton
Rosebank is 11 years old with a variety of daffodils and other bulbs. There are fruit trees, many shrubs, vegetable gardens, chickens and an aviary with canaries.
Open 10.30am-3.30pm 5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13 & 14 September
Open 12.30-3.30pm Wednesday 11 September
Closed Sunday 15 September
Entry $5 pp | Dogs on Leash
Proceeds Myeloma Australia Research
03 5423 9226 and 0409 937 367
SPRINGHILL NURSERY
1 Trentham Road (Cnr of Spring Hill Road), Tylden
Spring Hill Nursery and Garden features an outstanding retail nursery, cafe with cosy fire, giftware and pots, and a 30-year-old established garden through which to stroll and find your inspiration for cool climate planting.
Open 9.30am-4.30pm 5 –15 Sept
(except closed Tuesdays)
Free Entry
Ph 03 5424 8315
THE OLD RECTORY
61 Ebden Street, Kyneton
The Old Rectory is Kyneton’s oldest home, commissioned by the Church of England in 1850. The Old Rectory is listed by the National Trust and the garden has been featured on ABC television’s “Dream Gardens” and Channel Nine’s “Postcards”. The garden was relandscaped in the mid-1990s with its current design incorporating some earlier features (a 150-year-old walnut tree and the external boundary hedges) and new internal hedging and planting. All proceeds raised will be donated to The Queens Fund, a charity that assists women and their children in distress ore crisis.
For more details www.quensfund.org.au
Open: 10am-3pm Sept 9 & 12
Entry for Open Gardens via Roma Giardino 27 Piper St: $6 pp – Limited disabled access
Phone: 0439 867 480
WILLOWBROOK
290 Redesdale Road, Kyneton
Enter the three acre garden, via agapanthus-lined driveway. Manicured lawns and water features. Fairy garden, witches cottage with life-size witch, also large rose garden and many other features.
water hazard (running brook through property), no dogs please.
Open daily 10am-4pm Sept 5 to 15
(Sunday Sept 8th 9am-12pm only)
Entry: $5 pp (garden only), $10 pp (including high tea, gluten free available) Proceeds to Prostate Cancer Research.
Water hazard (creek running through property).
No dogs please.
Ph 03 5422 3856 or 0429 852 538
Peter Butterworth Garden &
Sculpture gallery
145 Bald Hill Road, Kyneton
Peter has been a practising sculptor for 58 years working with wood, stone, clay and forged and welded steel. His works adorn both public and private spaces throughout Australia.
Open 10am-4pm Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September
Free Entry
Wheelchair accessible
Phone Number: 0418 500 098
The Artful Meadow
3 Lyonville Springs ROAd, Lyonville
The Artful Meadow is a cool climate garden and nursery with a focus on a naturalistic style of planting. It is 'meadow' inspired, but artful in the sense of being designed and full of art. Our plantings also have a focus on encouraging biodiversity and food resilience. There is a large spring meadow, and woodland, with many bulbs and early perennials. This is followed by a separate, prairie styled, summer garden.
Open 10am-4pm every day of the festival
Free entry.
Phone Number: 0490 188 710
OPEN GARDENS
GOLDEN MILE OF DAFFODILS
Wander through Burton Avenue, Kyneton and discover a stunning display of daffodils planted as a bicentennial project in 1988. Visit anytime during the festival.